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Liverpool explosion: UK terror threat level raised to 'severe' following hospital blast - attack now 'highly likely'The Guardian reports that the dead suspect is believed to be an asylum seeker who recently converted to Christianity:
The move, confirmed by Home Secretary Priti Patel, follows an explosion outside a hospital in Liverpool which police have declared a terror incident. The UK's terror threat level had been "substantial" since February 2021.
The UK's terror threat level has been raised from "substantial" to "severe", meaning an attack is now judged to be "highly likely".
The move, confirmed by Home Secretary Priti Patel, follows an explosion outside a hospital in Liverpool on Sunday which police have declared a terror incident.
Detectives have arrested four people over the blast, which killed a passenger inside a taxi.
Police believe it was that passenger who took an improvised explosive device into the vehicle, which exploded as the taxi arrived outside the reception of Liverpool Women's Hospital.
The decision to raise the threat level has been taken by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC) and Ms Patel said it was made due to two incidents occurring in the last month.
It is exactly a month since Conservative MP Sir David Amess was stabbed to death at his constituency surgery in Essex. That attack was also declared a terrorist incident.
JTAC is based at MI5's headquarters in London and is made up of counter-terror experts from the police, government and security agencies.
Speaking to reporters, the home secretary said: "The prime minister has this afternoon just chaired a Cobra meeting and I attended that meeting too - and the points to note from that meeting is that, first of all, the incident has been declared as a terrorist incident, the police have now declared that.
"But, secondly, the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre - JTAC - are now increasing the United Kingdom's threat level from substantial to severe.
"And there is a reason for that, and that reason is because what we saw yesterday is the second incident in a month.
"Now, of course that means we continue to work with our world class security, intelligence and policing services - representatives from those agencies.
"There is a live investigation taking place right now, they will need the time, the space, to do the work that they are doing in terms of investigating the incident.
"But of course, we as a government, I as home secretary, continue to work with everyone when it comes to the security of our country and making sure that we are taking all the necessary steps required."
The threat level was last raised to "severe" in November 2020 following attacks which saw four people shot dead in Vienna, three others die in a knife attack in Nice, and a teacher murdered in Paris.
In February 2021 it was downgraded to "substantial" - which the home secretary said followed a "significant reduction" in the momentum of attacks in Europe.
The "severe" level is the second highest alert, with only "critical" above it, and was last reached in September 2017 in the wake of the Parsons Green train bombing.
The five terror threat levels are:
Low - an attack is highly unlikely
Moderate - an attack is possible, but not likely
Substantial - an attack is likely
Severe - an attack is highly likely
Critical - an attack is highly likely in the near future
Police say the motivation for Sunday's incident is "not clear" - but that officers believe they know the identity of the taxi passenger and that the four arrested men are thought to be "associates".
Two addresses have been searched and "significant items" have been found at one of them.
The taxi driver who escaped the car explosion has been named as David Perry. He has been discharged from hospital and is recovering at home.
Sky News' security and defence editor Deborah Haynes said the move means security officials believe an attack is highly likely but there is no specific intelligence to suggest one is set to happen imminently.
Assistant Chief Constable Russ Jackson, from Counter-Terrorism Policing North West, said the investigation into the explosion is "continuing at pace".
He said: "The circumstances as we understand them to be are that yesterday, shortly before 11am, a local taxi driver picked up a fare in the Rutland Avenue area of Liverpool.
"The fare - a man - had asked to be taken to Liverpool Women's Hospital which was about 10 minutes away.
"As the taxi approached the drop-off point at the hospital an explosion occurred from within the car.
"This quickly engulfed it in flames. Remarkably, the taxi driver escaped from the cab. He has been treated for his injuries that he sustained and he's now been released from hospital."
Ms Patel said the attack had had a "very significant impact across the community" in Liverpool and her thoughts were with people in the city.
A suspected terrorist who blew himself up outside Liverpool Women's hospital at the weekend has been named as 32-year-old Emad al-Swealmeen.RT reports that the other unnamed men who may have been involved in the incident (with reports varying from 3-4 people) are believed to be between 21 and 29 years old, and were residents of the Liverpool area.
Counter Terrorism Policing North West said they "strongly believe" al-Swealmeen was the passenger who died when a taxi exploded shortly before 11am on Sunday. According to reports, al-Swealmeen is believed not to be British-born and to have had Syrian and Iraqi heritage.
He is said to have converted to Christianity after moving to the UK from the Middle East and was later briefly taken in by Christian volunteers Malcolm and Elizabeth Hitchcott in Liverpool.
Al-Swealmeen had changed his name by deed poll to Enzo Almeni, in honour of Italian race car legend Enzo Ferrari, to sound more western on his asylum application, which subsequently failed in 2014, Hitchcott told the Daily Mail.
Hitchcott told the newspaper: "He first came to the cathedral in August 2015 and wanted to convert to Christianity. He took an Alpha course, which explains the Christian faith, and completed it in November of that year. That enabled him to come to an informed decision and he changed from Islam to Christianity and was confirmed as a Christian by at least March 2017, just before he came to live with us. He was destitute at that time and we took him in."
Pictures posted on Hitchcott's Facebook profile showed the suspect smiling and posing alongside the couple during a walk a few years prior, including a picture showing al-Swealmeen during a service at Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral.
Speaking to the BBC, Elizabeth Hitchcott said: "We're just so, so sad. We just loved him, he was a lovely guy," adding she and her husband were "very" shocked by the incident.
Searches are under way at the Rutland Avenue address and a second address in Sutcliffe Street, which officers have said al-Swealmeen previously lived at, and police said they had recovered "significant items".
"We continue to appeal for any information about this incident and now that we have released his name any information that the public may have about al-Swealmeen, no matter how small, may be of great assistance to us."
Official sources previously confirmed to the PA news agency the suspect was not previously known to the security services.
The taxi driver ... has been hailed as a hero for stopping “an absolutely awful disaster”That's not what I see watching the video - it looks like the taxi blows up the moment it reaches the front of the hospital. I have no idea why they say he avoided “an absolutely awful disaster”, unless they are suggesting the passenger was planning on carrying the bomb into the building
David Perry is reported to have locked the doors of his cab in Liverpool after becoming suspicious of his passenger, who was still inside the vehicle when it exploded. But the driver miraculously escaped the fireball. Dramatic video footage of the blast shows Mr Perry’s cab pulling up outside Liverpool’s Women’s Hospital shortly before 11am. As smoke and fire engulfed the car, Mr Perry, a 45-year-old married father-of-two, can be seen opening his driver’s door and stumbling out before running to safety
A local MP has described taxi driver David Perry as a 'complete hero' for putting others before himself, while the Prime Minister Boris Johnson praised him for his "incredible presence of mind and bravery".
One possible theory is the bomber was intending to walk towards Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral to detonate the device as the congregation leftI checked Oogle maps but the Liverpool Woman's Hospital (both sexist and transphobic!) is not marked - it's the big pink block, with the WH Smith in the middle, corner of Upper Parliament Street and Grove Street - [Link]
Fourth arrest made on Monday morningIdentified the body pretty damn quickly given that most of it had been converted to strawberry jam
Launching Operation Warm Welcome at the end of August, Boris Johnson promised to support the 8,500 Afghan refugees who were brought to the UK
The motive for the latest attack is unclear but the fact the dead suspect came from the Middle East will increase the likelihood that it was Islamist inspired.It is also unclear if the terrorist had come recently to the UK or even been born here but from a Middle East background
*A dragonfly has now taken top spot. Only known insect to migrate across an ocean 3000km plus to Hawaii.Only dragonflies are not used in the MK Ultra imagery, as far as I know ...
This imagery I have seen and observed before in my research into Dragonfly Ultra (MK Ultra's Next Level) ... I have a dragonfly scarification on my stomach, right side - very apparent.
The German term is "Libelle". Supposedly coming from the Latin "libra", as the animal can hold its position in flight like a helicopter.
*A dragonfly has now taken top spot. Only known insect to migrate across an ocean 3000km plus to Hawaii.
Love nature. Humans? Not so much.
Funny n Fascinating how Si and codis made that connection before I joined the party 🥳
A special procedure, designated MKDELTA, was established to govern the use of MKULTRA abroad. MKULTRA/DELTA materials were used for harassment, discrediting or disabling purposes.
There were 149 subprojects listed under the umbrella of MKULTRA. Project MONARCH has not been officially identified by any government documentation as one of the corresponding subprojects, but is used rather, as a descriptive "catch phrase" by survivors, therapists, and possible "insiders". MONARCH may in fact, have culminated from MKSEARCH subprojects such as operation SPELLBINDER, which was set up to create "sleeper" assassins (ie. "Manchurian candidates") who could be activated upon receiving a key word or phrase while in a post-hypnotic trance. Operation OFTEN, a study which attempted to harness the power of occultic forces was possibly one of several cover programs to hide the insidious reality of Project MONARCH.
The name MONARCH is not necessarily defined within the context of royal nobility, but rather refers to the monarch butterfly. When a person is undergoing trauma induced by electroshock, a feeling of light-headedness is evidenced; as if one is floating or fluttering like a butterfly. There is also a symbolic representation pertaining to the transformation or metamorphosis of this beautiful insect: from a caterpillar to a cocoon (dormancy, inactivity), to a butterfly (new creation) which will return to its point of origin. Such is the migratory pattern that makes this species unique.
Occultic symbolism may give additional insight into the true meaning Psyche is the word for both "soul" and "butterfly" coming from the belief that human souls become butterflies while searching for a new reincarnation.
Some ancient mystical groups, such as the Gnostics, saw the butterfly as a symbol of corrupt flesh. The "Angel of Death" (remember Mengele?) in Gnostic art was portrayed crushing the butterfly.[10] A marionette is a puppet that is attached to strings and is controlled by the puppet master, hence MONARCH programming is also referred to as the "Marionette Syndrome." "Imperial Conditioning" is another term used, while some mental health therapists know it as "Conditioned Stimulus Response Sequences."
Project MONARCH could be best described as a form of structured dissociation and occultic integration, in order to compartmentalize the mind into multiple personalities within a systematic framework. During this process, a Satanic ritual, usually including Cabalistic mysticism, is performed with the purpose of attaching a particular demon or group of demons to the corresponding alter(s). Of course, most skeptics would view this as simply a means to enhance trauma within the victim negating any irrational belief that demonic possession actually occurs.
Operation London Bridge: What happens when The Queen diesShe's not going to live to see another booster shot
YT suddenly started advertising heavily during Alex & Alexander's own broadcastsUsing Brave browser extended with "Adblock plus" and "uBlock Origin", I have not seen an ad in a YT video for months. Before that, Firefox wit the same extensions. My wife watches Russian-language melodramas on YT on her Android phone - a nightmare. I would thraw that piece against the wall.
I was pleasantly surprised to see Highland Flute Lute name in the chat for IEarlGrey's live broadcastI didn't catch that, albeit I remember this broadcast. (The alternative explanation is ... dementia :jawdrop:)
The problem is that most of the time I watch videos via my PS4 or not-so-smart smart TV ... so the YT app is the only workable choiceOk, I understand. I avoid so-called smart-TV, the profile you just like smartphones.
No doubt that they'll call it as a terrorist incident, allows them to maintain the hype, and justification for their draconian measures.